Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-25


1870 miles travel"
This is the best house of the season."
said Nine. Patti TO Max Meyer. 81 am
delighted with the audience and your
magnificent building"
After the minstrel performance at
Boyd's, Billy Emerson and his big dia-
mond scarf-pin were seen adorning Il two
foot square near the main entrance.
The veteran Steve Mcalio assisted Man
ager Matthews in taking tickets at the
door. Officers Turnbull and Peironc
and CaNtain Cormack had to restrain the
struggling crowd.
w. G.. Albright-"Patti would make
money if she would only sell her dia-
monds and invest in South Omaha lots.
I'd be willing TO take day oil and drive
her out there myself
I'D about as soon hear John Prince
sing his Cuckoo Song to an accordion
accompaniment as listen to Galassi',"
remarked Janitor Cooper, ut the con.
clrsion of "Di Provcnza.
This is the greatest audience the ex-
position building will ever witness" said
Max Meyer. Don't l wish we had
played them on the $4,000 guarantees
Well, rather. Still am satisfied
What makes them call that man
'Glass-Eye,' mama?" whispered one
young hopeful into her mothers ear, MS
the great tenor was singing the aria from
"Carinen.'
Rinehart the glazcr, occupied far
away seat in the gallery. BY dnt of cx.
,ensivc cranlng of his neck he managed
to secure first class view of the stage
and enjoyed Patti rs well as any one
there
Governor and Mrs. Thayer occupied
seats in the central portion of the house
about ten rows back of the orchestra.
Near them sat Land Commissioner Scott
and his daughters. A few seats distant
sat State Auditor Babcock.
The magnificent and costly diamonds
which Patti wore represented olly r
small portion of her wealth IN that class
of precious gems. The remainder arc
| kept in the safety deposit vaults of the
| Vanderbilt bank of New York.
Three b. q M. Lincoln trains were
| heavily crowded with eXcursionsts from
| the capital city ana intermediate towns.
| a special train was sent back after the
| performance, crowded with people who
| did not care to remain IN the city over
| night.
| As the performance was closing, some
| persons who showed a lack of good
| breeding, and who are always to be found
| In any audience, made rush for the
door This had the effect of slightly
| marrlng the final duet of Patti and
| Scalchi.
When Patti first appeared on the stage
many IN the audience involuntarly rose
| to their feet, and whispers of "Therc she
| Isl ran through the throng Cries of
Down in front" soon brought them to
| their seats.
| There were over 600 people standing
up. Charley Stephens who attended to
selling the 81 tickets at the box office was
kept tremendously busy: When he was
through, his box contained fifty or sixty
| pounds in silver and paper bills. He
| guarded the pile with revolver.
When BEE reporter struck the expo.
sition building about o'clock last night
there was a struggling mass of humanity
extending to the man entrance from
Thirteenth street on the east and Fif-
tecnth on the west. For tine the jam
was simply terrific.
The acoustics of the building were
thoroughly tested last night as they have
never been tested before. The result
could be heard all over the building.
Every note of her "Home, Sweet Home
which was the most delicately modulatcd
song of the evening, WAS distinctly audi
BILE in the extreme rear of the structure.
"Allow me to congratulate Omaha on
having the finest orchestra of any west
ern city | have yet visited" SAID Arditi to
| haudSeI Nlt1eT VI MuSlCdl OuloH.
Twenty of the best musicians of
that organization comprised the Omaha
contingent of the orchestra. They re-
hearsed with Ardit in the afternoon and
did splendid work last night.
The happlest man there last night was
President Max Meyer, of the Exposition
association. He has worked like tiger
to make the affair success, bearing
almost entirely the heavy burden of re-
sponsibility. To his efforts the success of
the occasion was in no small measure
due. And he felt amply repaid when he
gazed upon the splendid audience.
The St. LOUIS Republican in comment
ing on the Patti concert in that city last
Monday evening made statements that
were far from the truth. Her voice Is as
perfect and fresh as it possibly can be,
and the intimation that she does not eX-
ercse her full powers when responding
to au encore Is simply prepostcroIs.. She
takes extremely good care of herself, and
when she sings she always brings INTO
| play all her vocal powers. Those who
were present at last nights concert will
certainly agree with the BEE in this mat
ter, as well as with the impression that
she looks to be in the full bloom and yigor
OF young womanhood.
HayPrly'i, Minatrels